Irene

• Speedofsand

  

  Popular high school teacher in New Smyrna hit his head, died surfing yesterday. Tough one for the kids to take, he has 2 attending NSB now.
• believer

  

  Writerbuckeye;875720 wrote:A CNN crew apparently didn't like how Mother Nature was staging their shot so they helped out by dragging a downed tree limb near the reporter, along with an umbrella they found.
  
  I guess there's a reason CNN has lost most of its punch, along with its credibility.

  Yeah I saw that. Pathetic. The new CNN tag line should be, "If there isn't any news to report, we make it up."
  
  All-in-all Hurricane Irene - this monster of storms - was a bust. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100102355/perfect-storm-of-hype-politicians-the-media-and-the-hurricane-irene-apocalypse-that-never-was/
  
  Some are saying it shouldn't even have been classified a hurricane at the time it "hit" the coast.
  
  Wal Mart made a killng though.
• tk421

  

  Nice. Over hype the "storm of the century" and nothing happens. Typical media and politicians.
• ts1227

  

  tk421;875904 wrote:Nice. Over hype the "storm of the century" and nothing happens. Typical media and politicians.

  
  Only because NYC was involved. I mean, they did get a foot and a half of rain near Pamlico Sound, so they are flooded to hell and back in NC and VA. The initial landfall lived up to it
• gerb131

  

  Damned if you evacuate and damned if you dont. Either way someone will be getting sued.
• 4cards

  

  ^^^^^^
  
  ..You'll be hearing from my atty. in the morning:rolleyes:
• tk421

  

  What made this any different than hundreds of other storms? There was no levies to break and flood like Katrina. It wasn't even a Category 3 by the time it hit land. Just because NYC the media and government go nuts and tell millions of people to evacuate?
• ts1227

  

  tk421;875924 wrote:What made this any different than hundreds of other storms? There was no levies to break and flood like Katrina. It wasn't even a Category 3 by the time it hit land. Just because NYC the media and government go nuts and tell millions of people to evacuate?

  
  Category only has to do with wind. This storm had a large surface area, thus more rain than usual. High amounts are typical, but over a foot is extremely high. There aren't levees because the towns weren't built in a hole like New Orleans, and usually the rain from something like this is half as much.
  
  Also, this storm had an absurdly low central pressure for its wind speed, so the storm surge potential was abnormally high for a storm with the surface winds that it had
  
  They covered the initial landfall properly, but the 24/7 coverage could have stopped come Saturday evening as it weakened faster than expected because it hung over land instead of riding the shore over the water.
• Automatik

  

  tk421;875924 wrote:What made this any different than hundreds of other storms? There was no levies to break and flood like Katrina. It wasn't even a Category 3 by the time it hit land. Just because NYC the media and government go nuts and tell millions of people to evacuate?

  NYC was correct in ordering the mandatory evacuating of low lying areas. The flooding threat was legit.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  believer;875902 wrote:Yeah I saw that. Pathetic. The new CNN tag line should be, "If there isn't any news to report, we make it up."
  
  All-in-all Hurricane Irene - this monster of storms - was a bust. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100102355/perfect-storm-of-hype-politicians-the-media-and-the-hurricane-irene-apocalypse-that-never-was/
  
  Some are saying it shouldn't even have been classified a hurricane at the time it "hit" the coast.
  
  Wal Mart made a killng though.

  Yes, up north it wasn't what it was billed to be.
  But, in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, in the direct path, it was still bad.
  10 people, last I read, died, in those states, plus there was flooding and high wind.
  
  But, up north, yeah it was overhyped.
  That all said, better safe than sorry when it comes to planning and evacuations.
• GoChiefs

  

  tk421;875924 wrote:What made this any different than hundreds of other storms? There was no levies to break and flood like Katrina. It wasn't even a Category 3 by the time it hit land. Just because NYC the media and government go nuts and tell millions of people to evacuate?

  It's called "learning from your mistakes." Remember Katrina? Why take the chance? As was said above, better safe than sorry.
• believer

  

  ts1227;875932 wrote:They covered the initial landfall properly, but the 24/7 coverage could have stopped come Saturday evening as it weakened faster than expected because it hung over land instead of riding the shore over the water.

  Bottom-line: It was touted for days by the East Coast media as the "next deadly Katrina" only because the storm - this time - was coming directly at them. As it turns out, Irene was a minimal hurricane that dumped a lot of rain like tropical storms are supposed to do.
  

  GoChiefs;875953 wrote:It's called "learning from your mistakes." Remember Katrina? Why take the chance? As was said above, better safe than sorry.

  Safe from what? The MSM?
• SportsAndLady

  

  believer;875989 wrote:Bottom-line: It was touted for days by the East Coast media as the "next deadly Katrina"

  I watched the coverage all night saturday, and in the morning today..and not once did I hear this is/was supposed to be the next Katrina.
  
  Katrina was a category FIVE...this was at teh very worst a category 2. No one with any knowledge of storms/hurricanes thought this was gonna be Katrina.
• ts1227

  

  believer;875989 wrote:Bottom-line: It was touted for days by the East Coast media as the "next deadly Katrina" only because the storm - this time - was coming directly at them. As it turns out, Irene was a minimal hurricane that dumped a lot of rain like tropical storms are supposed to do.
  
  
  
  Safe from what? The MSM?

  
  I'm just giving it to you as a guy with a meteorological background. I can't help that your politics won't get out of the way
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  believer;875989 wrote:Bottom-line: It was touted for days by the East Coast media as the "next deadly Katrina" only because the storm - this time - was coming directly at them. As it turns out, Irene was a minimal hurricane that dumped a lot of rain like tropical storms are supposed to do.

  Said who? All I heard in my area were comparisons to hurricanes from 2007 and 2000, which were Cat 1 and 2s. No one I listened to compared it to Katrina.
  
  
  

  Safe from what? The MSM?

  Oh, aren't you cute.
  Again, yes up north it wasn't bad, but North Carolina, VA and MD will be cleaning up for days from the floods and damage.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Speaking of politics...Governor Christie in NJ is the fuckin man lol
  
  "get the hell off the jersey shore. you've had your tan for the day"
• believer

  

  ptown_trojans_1;876016 wrote:Said who? All I heard in my area were comparisons to hurricanes from 2007 and 2000, which were Cat 1 and 2s. No one I listened to compared it to Katrina.
  
  Oh, aren't you cute.
  Again, yes up north it wasn't bad, but North Carolina, VA and MD will be cleaning up for days from the floods and damage.

  Is this why you haven't "approved" my global warming - I mean - climate change thread in the political forum?
  

  SportsAndLady;876002 wrote:Katrina was a category FIVE...this was at teh very worst a category 2. No one with any knowledge of storms/hurricanes thought this was gonna be Katrina.

  Perhaps but you have to admire the intensity of the East Coast media hype. You know... "Oh my GAWD....We're about to be overrun by a massive hurricane. This is terrible. Thousands are fleeing and this just after we experienced a 5.8 earthquake!"
• GoChiefs

  

  believer;875989 wrote:Safe from what? The MSM?

  
  And if they did nothing, and 500 people were killed, you would then be bitching cause they did nothing.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  believer;876054 wrote:Is this why you haven't "approved" my global warming - I mean - climate change thread in the political forum?

  Haven't been over, just approved it.
  
  
  

  Perhaps but you have to admire the intensity of the East Coast media hype. You know... "Oh my GAWD....We're about to be overrun by a massive hurricane. This is terrible. Thousands are fleeing and this just after we experienced a 5.8 earthquake!"

  Sure, that is NY for ya. But, that doesn't take away from the damage in the south. The overreaction to the quake was sad, and funny. Still, it feels like a bad Sci-fi movie called "Hurriquake" as my coworkers called it.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Here ya go Believer, I didn't see some of the craziness in my area, but still funny:
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/overhyped-irene-makes-washington-the-inevitable-butt-of-snickers/2011/08/28/gIQA1eGglJ_story.html
• Anna-Town

  SportsAndLady;876019 wrote:Speaking of politics...Governor Christie in NJ is the fuckin man lol
  
  "get the hell off the jersey shore. you've had your tan for the day"

  Agreed, Now please run for the GOP nomination
• WebFire

  Not sure WTF the New Jersey National Guard was thinking here.
  
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